Cold War veteran Guy Aregood floats in the pool at the Chillicothe Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Friday. Aregood and other veterans suffering from chronic pain have been participating in this and other programs for alternative healing solutions.

An inmate kisses the top of a dogs head at the Ross Correctional Institute. The prison has been running a program that allows specially trained inmates to care for and train dogs from the Ross County Humane Society on Wednesday.

The air was filled with music, flags and school spirit provided by local high school students during the 7th annual Battle of the Bands which took place at Pickaway-Ross Career and Technology Center on Friday.

Christina Bennett owner of Triple B Ranch Horse Rescue works with one of the horses on the farm that she has worked to rehabilitate on Wednesday. Bennett rehabilitates and heals the horses in the hopes of finding them new homes.

A child gets a couple helping hands as he exits an armored vehicle on display for visitors attending the Honoring Our Heroes event held at Kroger on Thursday. Local fire stations and law enforcement groups were on hand to pay tribute to those who died 13 years ago on 9/11.

Greg Ruter is the owner of Owl Creek Bison farm where he and his wife grow fruit, herbs and a herd of bison. Ruter sells the produce and bison steaks at the Chillicothe Farmer's Market, at Cincinnati farmer's markets and from his farm.

Mitchell Chancey, an 11th grader from Circleville High School, gets sprayed with mace at Pickaway Ross Technical and Career School on Friday. He and other students in the criminal justice program could volunteer to be sprayed with mace then run through a police chase simulation to experience what the substance felt like.

The Ross County Fairgrounds were filled with trailers, horses and riders on Saturday for the 4-H Perfomance Against Standards Horse Show which determines who will go on to show at the state fair. Taylor Wheaton, 17, of Greenfield prepares to ride her quarter horse, Harley, in a horsemanship class in an attempt to qualify for state.

Bill Eblin, Commander of the Color Guard for Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 108 carries an umbrella to stay dry in addition to his purple balloons given out to cancer survivors at the kick off the the Ross County Relay for Life event at the Ross County Fairgrounds on Friday.

A grandson of Christina Bennett, owner of Triple B Ranch Horse Rescue, pets one of the horses on the farm on Wednesday. Bennett rehabilitates and heals horses brought to her farm with the help of family members in the hopes of finding them new homes.

Bryant University in Smithfield held a Chinese New Year Celebration on Saturday, Feb. 4 to celebrate the Year of the Dragon. Monica Chang of Lexington, Mass. participated in the celebration with the Bright Pearl Dance Company by performing a dance titled, “Rain in the Bamboo Forest.”

Women from the Wenqin Art Troupe in China wear matching red and white silk outfits to perform a fast moving dance to the song, "Paper-cutting Girls," during the Chinese New Year Celebration at Tolman High School in Pawtucket on Saturday, Jan. 28.

Donna Beausoleil, a congregation member at River United Methodist Church in Woonsocket, holds a large wooden cross on the Rhode Island State House lawn after walking four miles from St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church in North Providence.